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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8764 

To require the Attorney General to make publicly available a list of federally 

licensed firearms dealers with a high number of short time-to-crime 

firearm traces, and to prohibit Federal departments and agencies from 

contracting with such dealers. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 14, 2024 

Mr. RASKIN (for himself, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. 

BROWNLEY, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FROST, Ms. GARCIA

of Texas, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, 

Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. NORTON, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, and Mr. TRONE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require the Attorney General to make publicly available 

a list of federally licensed firearms dealers with a high 

number of short time-to-crime firearm traces, and to 

prohibit Federal departments and agencies from contracting with such dealers. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Hands Firearm 

3 Procurement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FEDERAL GUN TRACING NOTIFICATIONS. 

5 Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General, 

7 acting through the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, To8 bacco, Firearms, and Explosives, shall publish or make 

9 publicly available a list of covered firearms dealers. 

10 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL CONTRACTS WITH CER11 TAIN FEDERAL FIREARMS DEALERS. 

12 (a) PROHIBITION.—A Federal agency may not enter 

13 into a contract with a licensed dealer that has been listed 

14 as a covered firearms dealer during the current calendar 

15 year or either of the preceding 2 calendar years. 

16 (b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon a request by the Sec18 retary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Se19 curity, the Attorney General may waive the applica20 bility of subsection (a) to a contract, to protect the 

21 national security of the United States. 

22 (2) NOTICE.—The Attorney General shall im23 mediately notify the Chair and Ranking Minority 

24 Member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

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1 ciary of the Senate of any waiver granted under 

2 paragraph (1). Notice under this paragraph may be 

3 submitted in classified form. 

4 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

5 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

6 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) COVERED FIREARMS DEALER.—The term 

9 ‘‘covered firearms dealer’’ means a licensed dealer 

10 with respect to whom, during not less than 2 of the 

11 3 calendar years before the publication of the appli12 cable list under section 2, the National Tracing Cen13 ter of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 

14 and Explosives has traced to the firearms business 

15 of the licensed dealer not less than 25 firearms with 

16 a time-to-crime of not more than 3 years. 

17 (2) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

18 agency’’ means a department, agency, office, or 

19 other establishment in the executive, legislative, or 

20 judicial branch of the Government of the United 

21 States. 

22 (3) FIREARM.—The term ‘‘firearm’’ has the 

23 meaning given that term in section 921(a) of title 

24 18, United States Code. 


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1 (4) LICENSED DEALER.—The term ‘‘licensed 

2 dealer’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

3 921(a) of title 18, United States Code. 

4 (5) TIME-TO-CRIME.—The term ‘‘time-to5 crime’’ means, with respect to a firearm, the period 

6 between the date of the last known retail sale of the 

7 firearm and the date a law enforcement agency re8 covers the firearm as a result of an actual or sus9 pected purchase, use, or possession of the firearm in, 

10 or that constitutes, a crime. 

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